Kemberano is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.[2]
| Kemberano | |
|---|---|
| Weriagar, Barau | |
| Native to | West Papua, Indonesia |
| Region | Bird's Head Peninsula |
Native speakers | (2,500 including Dombano (possibly double counting) cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bzp |
| Glottolog | kemb1235 |
  Kemberano  Kemberano  Kemberano | |
| Coordinates: 2°14′S 132°59′E / 2.24°S 132.99°E | |
Morphology
editKemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes:[2]
- –i (masculine nouns)
- –o (feminine nouns)
Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86):
pogi
pig
enat-i
one-M
‘one pig’
uroko
stone
enat-o
one-F
‘one stone’
References
edit- ^ Kemberano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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